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“YELLOWSTONE OPS* IDEAS7ieis--feeeei7. “Yellowstone Kitt4” ft vender of pat-to ent medicines in the South, has been ro airing his views on the subject of pro-v- hibition, to the people of Atlanta, Ga., e- and in one of his speeohes closed with s- the following decidedly sophisticalmanner:“Can you, do you, prevent them drinking by closing the saloon and barroom? Do you prevent them lead-ing your sons wrong by this prohibition t The young man of to-day is not the young mftp of forty years ago lieis more progressive ; he is more easyin his manners of life, and more susceptible of temptation. Mothers, guard well your hearthstone—plead earnestly with your sons to shun these secret dens—to shun this mockery of prohibition. With prohibition your pleading will be in vain. No one sees him enter No one has a suspicion of his degradation, and deeper and deeper he falls in his own estimation Fie knows and feels that he has deceived you , be knows he is lost and bevond recall No friendly hand has been by to help The aoaursed darkness of the alleyway, the darkened room, or the finely furnished parlor of some wealthy friend has infatuated him, has made him deceive you, mothers. has made him disgiace you, sisters, and still he has no shame, no regret, for he feels that no one knows it. Mothers, can you consistently say tkGod speed” to such a cause* Let the barrooms he open , let them be in the most prominent places ; tear down their curtains from the windows; let the sun shine in and reveal every man's face before the bar With you, mothers, rests the temperance question , with you, sisters, rests its success. Banish the liquor from]ItecaACv.PAinarfnDCWito
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Trumansburg Sentinel
Trumansburg, New York, US
Wed, Dec 14, 1887
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